"We have an active calendar of visits ahead of us, with Swaraj travelling to China later this month," Indian Ambassador to China, Ashok K Kantha said, addressing an Independence Day gathering at the Embassy here today.
"We are looking forward to the State visit of President Xi Jinping to India shortly," he said.
Swaraj will be coming to attend Russia, India, China, (RIC) trilateral Foreign Ministers meeting to be held here on August 28 and 29.
According to officials on both sides, Xi's visit, which had been planned for September 14-15, is caught in scheduling problems.
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The Chinese President plans to visit India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in that order next month.
Keen to send a message to scale up relations, Xi want to make India the first destination of his sub-continent visit.
Protocol wise, the presence of President is important. So India sought rescheduling of Xi's visit, which meant that he could go to Pakistan first and then to India.
For its part, China is reportedly keen over India to be Xi's first destination, like the previous Chinese leaders in recent years who visited India first and travelled to Islamabad later, despite the all weather China-Pakistan ties.
His number two ranking colleague, Premier Li Keqiang chose India to be his first destination abroad in May last year after taking over power to send a strong signal to India about the new Chinese leadership's keenness to improve the ties.